Indiana State Sentinel, Volume 31, Number 6, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1885 — Page 6

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OÜK FARM BUDGET.

Mutton Breeds of Sheep Making a Ilot Bed. Durable Timber Result of Shallow Draio, ii(-Uoncholit Hints and Fum Motes. 31 at ton It reeds of Sheep. 1 Philadelphia Record. Ose of the greatest mistakes ma-le by farmers is that of expecting a profit from mutton while engaged in wool-growing as a Drime feature of sheep-raising. The wool breeds are the Merinos, Cots wolds, Lincoln and Leicester, the former supplying a yery fee textured wocl and the others wool of a long combing quality. Being small and active, the Merinos are more easily kept in large Sects than the others, and can subfist on ecanty pasture. The ion wool breeds are very large in s'ze, and while prodecing heavy f ceces, also give exUa large carcassaa, The carcasses, however, are usually abundant in fat or tallow, and as a rule the smaller sheep give meat of a tetter quaiity, In co case has the farmer beea able to breed first-class mutton and a high grade ot heavy wcol from any one breed, the consequence beirg that the majority of sheeD sent to market are such as have been raised for wool in pre fererce to carcass, a course of action which deprives the American market cf mutton equal in quality to that used in Er gland. Of late years ereat improyemeut has been made In the Downs" or mutton breeds. uch fheep have been bred in England fir centuries exclusively for mutton, though they also yield fleeces much above those o( the native kinds, and our American breeders are beginning to turn their attention to those breeds with a view of improving our mutton steep in this country. The Southdown, one of the best and hardiest breeds we have, has fcr years been well known as a superior mutton sheep, but their usual size did not make them general favorites, especially as they did not yield mucn larger fleeces than the natives. The objection was also share! by Engl;8h breeders, and in usinjr the 83Uthdowes as a foundation upon which to build op other good mutton breeds, the Hampehiredown Oiforddown aad Shropshiredown were produced. These breeds are all cresses of the larger breeds (Cotswold, Linteln and Leicester) with the Southdown, bat they have been bred so true to certain points cd characteristics for years as to make them distinct and pure breeds. Years have teen spent in attempting to pre 1 ace a breed combining the large a'za o' the Cotswold, with its long silken fleece and the rxaibled meat of the öauthdjwn. Dy a frcsj cf one of the mutton breeds with the Cotswold a sheep was produced possessing the dait face and legs of the Southdown and the size of the Cotswold. This breed, known as the Oxfords (or Oxforddons), possesses many gocd qualities that should ommend it to those farmers who believe a large profit can be realized by raising sheep for the butcher. They are now lareer than the CotswoWs (a ram on eihioiticn last year weighing 413 pounds'), the weight of 230 pounds beirg uaual. They are active, coasidericg their size, aad, though, requiring .CcJ pasture and care, are hardier than the CctiWolds, while the carcass is nearly equal to that ot the Sjutndewn. They also shear larga ßeecn, but in that repcct are somewhat inferior t- the Cotswold. The Hampshires aal Shrcpshires are also Urge breeds, and are nearly equal to the Oxfords ?n size and superior to them so far as ability to subsist on certain pastures are concerned. The Oxfcrda. however, possess perhaps a greater number of desirable characteristics as a mutton breed, considering size, hardiness, flece and aptitude to fatten than any other. "With the cd vantage of breeds of sheep that weih from 200 to 200 pounds we see no reason why our farmers may not produce mutton at a fair profit and with as little outlay and care aa that of wool growing. The common flocks may be gradually Improved by the use of thoroughbred rams, and in a few years the value of the flock may be doubled at very little expense, while those who are compelled to buy mutton will be supplied with a better article than that wb'h now finds its way to the cities, and wlich Js usua ly yery inferior in quality. Broad Wagon Tires. J. W. Sanborn, of the Missouri Agricultural College, has been making some experiments to demonstrate the value of good roads and broad tires on road and farm wag one. He says that the condition of the country road is one of the surest indications of the civilization of the people. The trials were made with a carefully tested dynamometer; the lcais drawn were 3 GG-3 pounds each, and the felloes and tires were one and a half and three inches, respectively. The first test was on the blue grass award, somewhat moist, though it had not rained for two weeks. The average draft ef the narrowtired wagon was 439 pounds, while that of the wide-tired was 310 pounds -a difference of over 41 per cent in favor ot the wide tire. Assuming the wagons to weigh 1,000 pounds each, the same team could draw 3.21S pounds on the wide tire as easily as 2,000 pounds on re e arrow, and. besides this, the wide tires did not cut through and injure the turf as the others did. In a further te3t, on a par tially dried dirt road, the broad wheels showed a draft of 371 pounds to 411 for the narrow, being 12 7 per cent, in favor of brou 1 tires, so that with the same wear and tear of team, the broad-tired wagon cculd carry 331 pounds per ton load more than the other. Although these differences disappear on iiard. well-made roads, he concludes that every farm should have one or more broiltired wagons, and says the teamsters on the college farm always prefer such for ue about the farm. We have long known the valec of a broad tire for farm wagons, and have such a one for all work on raw ground or meadow land. It costs very little, if any, more, and soon pays for itself by savia? the team. Making; a Hot-Bed. Correspondence Toledo Blade. I In the first place select a warm southern eiiosare, high and dry as possible, S3 that no top teal er can run through the bed after J is made. Mke a long as vou like av six feet long, three feet wide, two feet high on the south side, three feet high on tue back part. Set posts at each corner, front ones two feet, back ones three feet Board up the sides and then the ends. Let the top of ends slope down to the lower aid. This gives it the slant to the south. Be careful to make it mouse and rat proof as near as you can. Next put on the stove a wash-boiler of water to heat boiling hot Hava a good full load of fresh stable manure (be Bure and have it fresh, aa It is often cot warm enough otherwise) and fill np the hot-bed until about eight inches from the top. Then take a hoe and pound it down firm, and then more manure if it packs down much, so as to keep it about eight inches from the top. Have your hot water ready. Pom on the manure now. Cover up the manure with four inches of rich dirt, composed of part sand and rotten wood dirt. Have this even depth; put it down firm. Have two and one fourth yards of unbleached quilt lining; muslin is thick enough. Tack it to the north edge; then have a light piece of smooth board, six feet long, one inch thick and two inches wide. Tack the other edge to thi, bring this canvas down over the hotbed, smooth, leaving the ends free. Take a common Eaint brush, proceed as it painting, lave one quart ot boiled linseed oil; giover the canvas with the oil once, and keep it drawn down over the hot-bed over niht. Next day roll back the canvas and see if the lirt is warm, sot hot, and if bot, wait until you feel it is warm only. Make a farrow lengthnise at the back for tomatoes, cros? arise for cabtage, mango peppers or any

ctcer low-growing plant yon may wish, being careful tot tot ow the seed too taicx, three inches apart for the rows, an 1 the plants will come cp in as bort time. Who up keep moist, but not very wet, and on fine days roll the canvas back and gire the plant the sunshine. Pull out all the little weed as you go along and some of the p' a its : it tco thick ttey will rot Take mora manure and back up the north ride and end. Kep the canvas down ot nigh's and wan raining, and it it should be frcsty still, cove night with a thickness or two of old blanket or oiards. Purable Timber. One of the properties conductive to durability in timber is lis odoriferousaess woods wh'ch are so b;iog chiefly the most durable. The dose and compact woods, which make the most charcoal, are more permanent than cpen and porous qualities. Toe chestnut has rather mere carbonaceous matter than oak, and therefore, bv reason of it. is more dui&ble. The Building News says eiptrimeet has, however, shown the error of relying too mnch on these broad theories. One writer alludes to an experiment made to determine the comparative durability of woods. Planks of trees one and one-half inches thick, of from thirty to forty-five years' growth, were exposed to the weather ten years. Cedar and chestnut were perfectly sound, spruce and lir sound, larch sound in heart, silver fir in decay, Scjtch fir decayed, beech sound, walnut in decay, sycamore much decaj cd. birch quite rotten. We must accept even these facts with caution. Toe qustiju whether the planks had been cut ine sne length cf time, ho they had been dried or seasoned, and the position they hsl ors-n-pied, are pertinent to the inquiry. The sin e weed often shos varying decrees of durability, owing to the position of the tree. If srown in moist and shady pins the w3od is inferior to that which gros in an emoted Mafien et en to the inn and air. 83nie timber is more durable in wet ground or immema in witer, such are elm, beaib.aMs", while others, euch es ash, oak and rir are m re durable in dry situations. Trie increase in strerjgth due to seasoning of differ ent woods is given as follows: White pine. 9 per cent. ; elm, 12 Ü per cent : oak, 2 ! 6 per cent; ash, 44 7 per cent.; beech, Gl 9 per cent. IteKolt of Shallow Draining. I American Agriculturist We notice in od of oar exchanges a fiilure in shallow draioicg that ought to be a tinitly warnicg to til who are about to engage in this sort cf improvement. A rural improver two years a so laid a three inch tile diain in a springy spot in his Held for the purpose of clesriDg it of water. The pipe was laid two feet deep the joints bein covered with caps. It seemed to work perfectly for a time. Last season the plot was planted with potatoes, but the soil was unacconntaMy we. for drained land. Aftfr the crop a KStherf d the tiles weie examined, and found to bs eo full of gia js roots as to stop the running of th water. Spring water mates a lone etasn for gr:ne, and in two yeais the roots had obstructed tfce passere cf water and made the draia use lefs. A neighbor of ouis hss drained e verl swales upon his farm, laying the tiles only eighteen inches below the surface, and thas lost the better part of h's investment Toe

staliow draica are cot only I:ari;e to ba stop ped by iojIs o! grasses and ciler ?nts, but there is a large loss in the fauura t3 drain hat lies icirrud a'.ely belor the draiccd Burface. The roots of grar?, of fruit trtep, and of hoed cros. will to down four or five feet in search of f jc1 if they hve ths opportunity. They ran not thrive be'o tte water line, ucica lies very ma: tee do;torn cf the drain. If the drains are but eighteen inches deep, that is a -o it the iratt of the pasture ground o: rooia. if lb drains po down three feet the area of soil that wdl furnish food fcr crops is narly doubled. The cost of draining to that depth is but a little more, eicce the ditch grjrs narrower as we po down. The cost of the tiles and the work of laying them are th same, whether the ditch is eighteen inches or four feet in depth. Bat if the c:st were doubled in making deep drains it would be a ''pency-wiie and pound -foolish" busineä3 to have the shallow drains for the sake of savirg the expense of the last half of the neccessary digging. Tile draining is a permanent investment, and ths tiles, if properly laid, will clear the soil of water three fett deep a thoroughly as they will clear it eighteen inches deep. The difference in the results is great; that in cost is small. HOISKHOU) UIXT3. Receptacles For Clothes. Receptacles for c'otbes are necessarily among the most prominent pieces in bed-rcom furnishings, and, happily, some cf these may be home made. One capital institution is the box ottoman, which, according to size, will hold dresses at full length or lerve for hats and bonnets. This is a particularly easily manufactured comfort, and almost any box will do for a foundation. A packing-cass is very suitable. First, purchase a pair of hinges for the lid and four casters. When these are duly screwed on line the box neatly with pink or gray glazed lining, fastening it securely by tacks or glue to the bottom and outside ot the box. Next make a cushion to fit the top, and fasten this also securely at the four corners. This cushion may ds made like a pillow or a mattress. Now cut a strip of the material, cretonne sheeting, or whatever stun is intended for covering, the depth of the box and long enough to go rpnnd it, allowing lor luuoesa. iietn the lower edge neatly and gather the top into a band the exact s;zs of the box; this bind is then nailed on, or tied or buttoned. Then cut a piece sufficiently large to cover the cushion and lid, and to this stuch a frill, either kilted, gathered or box-olaited. and fasten the whole with fancy nails to the lid in such a way that the kilting falls over and hides the band of the bDX-valance. Add a cord or ribbon loop to the middle of the lid to lift it bv. and the ottoman is complete If the room is sufficiently large it is very nice to have two of these ottomans, one long enough for dress skirts and a smaller one which will slip under the dressing-table and hold bats, etc., serving when needed as a seat for the dressing table. Any housekeeper can prove the honesty of bergrcceror his butter, by melting it. Pure butter melted produces a pure, limpid, golden oil, and it retains the butter flavor. Melt oleomargarine and the oil smells lik laiiow ana iooes use tsuow, ana a s:um rises to the surface. Batterine is a mixture of dairy hntter and fats. Melt that and the butter oil will rue to the top. Pour this otf and you will find the fati at the bottom whitish in color and giving otf a disagreea ble smell. Sweet Fo'ato Pie. Sslect those potatoes which you know to be dry and meely. B pare and mash very smooth. To a qiart of tne potatoes add a quart of rich, new milt. three eggs, nutmeg or cinnamon, a little alt and sugar to taste. Bake with an under crust. How to Freserve Ham. Cut the ham in slices as usual for frying; then fry it a little and pack in a stone jar, and cover it with melted lard to keep the air from it. When yon wish it for the table, take out the neces sary amount and cook as usual. In this way ham can be kept sweet through the warmest weather. Novelty Tie The habitual pie eater must have variety; to help make it try this recipe Mix one eg?, one heaping tesspoonful of riour, ene teacupf al of sugar, one teacunful of cold water, one tablespoonful of sharp vinegar; navor with nutmeg or cinnamon. with a little mace, and bake with two crests. Scotch Granite Padding. Dry and grate two coffee cuds of bread, or break into fine crumbs until you have this quantity; mix with it twelve tablespoonfuls of grated choc olate. Heat to the boiling point one quart ot ncn, sweet mux. rour tms over the chocolate and bread. When it has cooled a little add the beaten yelks of four egg, with mertr to your uste.1 A little vanilla is also always an ad

dition to (be nnflavored chocolate. Pat this

n a pudding dish and bake for one hour. When dore, spread the whites of the four fft over the top. having first beaten them itilf, acd added two tablespoonfuls of powdered tugar to them. Set back in the oven atd brown slightly. Baked Fish. This is a toed way of cook ing any flavorless fi-b : Cnt it in slices or pieces and make a mound of it on n Oatdisb, r-prmklirg between each layer chopped -bsaprt paislev. cayenne and lemon juice. Melt ore ounce of butter in a pan, add one ounce oi flour and a gill ot milk, an stir till i in very thick, squeeze on it a Ii I lemon and pour it over tue fish. Cover tue whole with bro ned bread crumbs and c vk it in a good oven till the fish is dene. Keep a few crrm bs tack to sprinkle over any cracks and serve on the d;sh it was baked in. For the lemon ju'ce and the crumbs Parmesan cheese can be substituted it it is liked. Turkish Elce Cat into a saucepan six cupf als of stock er broth in which you ha?e previously dissolved a good allowance either of tomato paste, French tomato eaucs or the pulp of fresh tomatoes pissed through a tieve; pepper and salt to ta-te. When it roils throw in, for every capful of stock. bait a cupful of fine rice, weil washed and dried before the fire. Let the whole remain on the fire until the rice bai abjorbad all the stock; then melt a large tablespoonful of butter and pour it over the rice. At the time of serving, and not before, stir lightly to separate the grains, but do this otf the hie. Devild Ham. Slice co!d ban. lean and fat together, and Jay in a clean fryiegpaa. Frv cently in the grease that runs from it as it heats until the lean is soft, the fat clear acd beginning to crisp at ths edges. Take cut the slices with a fork, lay on a warmed d;eh and keep hot ever boiling water. Add to the :at left in the frymz-pan four taolespccnfuls cf vinegar, a small teaspoon'ul of rLace mustard, and as much pepper as will lie on a silver half-dime. Stir until it boils, when pour on th9 ham. Lei it stand coverd over the boiling water for live minutes beicre sending to the tabic. Jelly. Delicious jelly may be made by using fruit sjrups as flavoring. The sweeter kinds need no sugar, and no wine ia necessary when any of them are employed. A very pretty dish may be made by piling np spoonfuls of raspberry and lime jelly and heaping whipped white of egg upon it. Tapioca Pudding. In mäkln? tapioca pudding allow one enp of taoioca to a quart of milk. Soak the tapioca in water until it is very so! t and boil in milk for twenty minutes. As toon as it attains a jelly like ccrjtiiteBcy pour it into cups and eerve it with a spoonful of jelly on top of each cup. Lernen Cream. rhi3 it a nice dessert and is rxade by removing the skin from four len.cns; put this peel into twelve tablespoonspoonfuia of water and let it lie there while jcu sfUffze the jaice ovsr eight ounces of powdered sugar: beat the velksof eiht eir?, anp to them add the water with the p'.e'. ia it; stra n this through a coarse mcdin; put ihis m a sauce pan or in a basin, aod set it in hot water above a brisk lire; etir it until it is thick, pour it out into custard cupi; b"st ire whites of fha tVr. all h-ee tebltsrooufuls of powdered sugar, cjver ihn tcp of the custard with the meringue, est all the caps in a deeo drippicg pan, aad bh: this on the grate in the OYen until tfce meringue is Drowned celira'eir. fAUM NO IKS. fcliavirics Fprioklcd with diluteJ cirbol c acid will mate a rest fre9 from vermia. AJaycrrpof 1 wo ard a fclf Ions carries c fi -HO tcuLtia cf mineral matter to the aore. All ether breeds of sheep in this country are outnumbered by the Merino, and per taps the Cots old holds second place. It does not depend so much upon the amount of land tilled, as upon the thorough and ethcient manner in which it is done. If yon keep cows for making batter, test each one's milk separately, and see if ehe is terforming the work for which jou keep her. It is undoubtedly better to shelter manure after the fermentation ha3 stopped. Then all the plant food is soluble and easily washed away. Many of the most valuable portions of the n anure are soluble in water and easily carried off by rains. It should be, therefore, sheltered or else hauled to tho fields and spread as fast as it accumulates. Sheep often go into a decline only because their toes have grown cut so loDg that it bs'comes painful for th'jm to stand, and thy will lie around so much that the others will eat the food away from them. Sir J. B. Lawes says that carbon which is only another word lor vegetable matter, alive or dead appears to be the only medium by which nitrogen is accumulated in the soil to be used agaiu by living vegetation. Mr. J. H. Brakely says carp culture is destined to bring our native water-lilies into the prominence to which their beauty and delicate odor entitle them. They eerve tae double purpose of feeding the carp and beautify ing the home. By burning carbolic acid, sulphur and turpentine in a closed poultry-house, and keeping the smoke confined for two hour?, the lice and other vermin will be destroyed. ThoEe who try the remedy must be cautious ana see that all cracks are closed, and also to be careful in regard to the tire, in order to avoid a conflagration. If a lamb comes in a cold night and gets chilled, dip in a pail of warm water and wiap in old woolen cloths till it dries. This is the quickest way to warm anything that is beuumed with cold, even chickens. ilirtcr ar.d Farmer. Barbed-wire fences are destined to answer other purposes than turning stock. A Maryland farmer has been experimenting with the fences for telephone use, and announces that farmers and others will soon adopt them for such purpose. Look for brains as well as feet, limbs or body when buying a horse. An animal that is sound in every member, but has not a level head, is cever a pleasant horse, and eidom a valuable one. As much variety exists among ho?Sfs in regard to sense as ia found in the human family. The terrible drought in Australia destroyed over 10 000,000 sheep on that ccctineut. To show Individual lessea it is stated that two ranches, one in Queensland and the other in New South Wales, report lostea of 43.VKJ and fr." COO respectively. The price of weol has stiffened in consequence The pnrrary object in breeding horses for jour own use should be to get the kind best suite d to your business and best adapted to the country in which you live; but in rais ing horses for the market, the first thing taken into consideration should be tbe class of horses that will bring tbe most money. The importance of watching tbe feet of sbepp ana keeping them trimmed and in proper shape, and if one gets lame, seeing immediately wbat is the matter, can not be loo strictly enjoined on tbe attention of neck-masters. Prompt attention will often prevent a serious outbreak of foot-rot. No one hears complaints of the low values of grass in any form. Grass seems to have a steady and substantial value, which does not decline because of a surplus product, and which may be turned from one use to another with advantage. And its growth does not exhaust, but rapidly im proves, me son. Many farmers maintain that owinz to the price of labor they can buy corn cheaper man mey can raise li, out, says the Iturai Home, by raising it a large quantity of fod der is obtained, thus enabling the farmer to feed more cattle, to make more manure. and censequently the next year to make more corn. Any cow can be milked dry in a few weeks by irregular milking, sometimes at intervals of twentyfour hours and some times of six. Separation from her usual company, a change to new location, a t ttrange milker ana scolding voice ere

sources of irritation that more or less Impa'r the milking qualities of a cow. Tbe game is tbe best of all breeds of fowls for the table. The common pit game crossed rn tbe Dorking, or tbe Maray game on the Hcudtn, makes a superb table fowl. Where calyes must be weaned and the tkimrxed milk fed to them, ths change fron whole to skimmed milk must bs gradual. As tbe skimixed milk is increased add corn meal, one pint of the meal to two ga'.loas of skimmed milk. As the ca'f bcooie older tbe amount cf corn rxeil may be gradu ly icci eased. They have a summary way of dealing with negligent ttockmen in England. Asbort time fciDce a Mr. Martin, of Canterbury, was arraigntd for rejecting sheep that were aliliutd with scab, and although he p'eadd igLOracce he was informed be bad rxaie himself liable to a fine of 30. He was &Cmi nlthed and fined 20. A Colorado sheep-grower of large experience has tever failed to care scab in sheep by dipping them into a solution ot sulphur ard lime, the proportion beiog twenty-five tour ds of sulphor and twelva and one-half Bounds of lime to 100 gallons of water. T.iis liqucr is kept at 1(0 to 120 degrees by tbe thermometer in the dipping vat. lie also l. eds sulphur with talt regularly. A sheep has eight front teeth, a'l eual in size, tbe first year. The second vear the two middle teeth are much larger than the others. The third year two very small teeth appear on both 8 des of the eiht. At the end of ihe fourth year there are six large teeth. The fifth year all are large. The sixth year all begin to show signs ot wear. To prcdace the be3t lajicg hens requires two er moie jfarä. A common stock may be increased in size by crossing with Brahmas The prozerjy should be crossed with Lehhorns, which will give early matnrity. The nex: cms msy be with a Wyandotte or Plymouth Eock. ft there is no objection to

rrK piunoge, the next cress ehouta ce with a Lacgsban. Dunrg the month of February the largest and best ponltry show of the segon was held at iiadisun bauare Garden, ew York City. About 10,000 exhibits were ma le, including poultry, paeons, dogs, cats, and ponies. The display cf ir.cubators and poultry applances were excellent, and the attendance wai very large from the beginning to the end of the show. The approximate number of sheep ia the world in set down at 41-j 000,000. Of this number 53,ceO,X0, or reirly 14 percent., are raited in the United States; but this enumeration does not include a large number of she cd in tbe Asiatic and some of the North Afiiran countries, as well as upon certain of the more important islands, of which no enumeration hai been attempted. Wc rave found that corn ground with the cob atd mixed, before grinding, with oats jt barley, makes a coed fond for nearly all c'asjfs of steck, taya the New York Herald. The fact that tie rob increases bulk witi slight menace of nutriment mates the me it bt".:er for many esse. Pare cornmeal 13 too cotcentra eJ, and grinding the coo wita it gives greater bulk ar.d prevents injury to Stick. The Hondan is the Dorkice of the FreDch. with a Polish cre3t acd beard, indicating a mixed criein. With the latter exception it is almost identiral in its characteristics with the Dorking. B un hive tine, unfeatherei tbsnks and the distinguishing five-toed feet. rbrre are no more profitable fowls under fanning conditions. Xbey are not regarded as eqtal to some others as winter laye.-s. n al r ies should not be allowed to make ti e r beds on the manure pile, fays the Puts barg Stockman, Tfcey are very apt to do th:s, ami ir jure tberrjEektS by 81 iohg. Pips and hoes that are allowed t make their beds on manure p:les aad to lie in their owa filtb, tocn become sjarvy and affected with a dry. hackiDp cough. Tbe only remedy is cleanliness and keeping tbe pigs oS the manure. Next to stagnant water on the surface. there is no niore certain indication of the need cf diainage of land than the gro vta of what we call water or swamp plants. Where thete grow freely, the land is not adapted to tbe growth of any of the grasses which are meat valuable for either hav or pasture. Good and thorough drainage, however, will change such conditions, allowing better crops to be grown. The surplus apples in seasons of plenty are now much more generally preserved for future use than formerly. This equalizes the price in the odd and off years, except that when apples are in over supply, as they are in many cases this year, the evaporating establishments can net take the crop as fast as it ii offered. But the dryers who buy fruit early at the lowest prices are so certain to make well by that they push the business to the utmost limit. Lime in some form is indispensible to toe formation of egg shells. It is more generally supplied to hens in the form of old mortar, broken shells and broken bones. Either generally suffices, but all are better than either alone. 60 ft and thin-shelled eggs are gsnerally, but not always, tbe result of an insufficient supply of lime, and egg eating among bens is generally caused by a neglect to supply this essential element of e?g production. There are as many as three reasons why a sandy Seid is not a profitable one to cultivate. It does not contain a suCicient quantity of natural food tor plants, and therefore it can not sustain them. It is not capable of receiving these materials of gases which ths atmosphere is always ready to furnish for tbe growth and support of plants. It admits cf much loss of manure that may bj applied, and in ways that have already been pointed out. Tbe disease called mange, says the Golden Belt Farm Journal, is the result of filth, and having p'gs sleep in rotten, dirty straw. It is an insect, very minute, which burrows under the skin. To cure it give the pigs first a good washing in warm sojp-sads, using carbolic-acid soap and selecting a warm day. Then grease the skin with lard, to which h:is been added a little coal o'l. and clean out tbe pen, and your pigs will thrive without any troable. A. GHOST IN CHURCH. Tb AppmrltloD that Startled tbe Toons; Pastor of a Connecticut Congrez&tloo. Norwich, March 1. The exercises at the afternoon meeting in the West Side Baptist Church of this city were varied last Sunday by the appearance of a spirit, seen by tbe pastor, Kev. F. B. Dickinson. It wasaboat 3 o'clock, and the sun was tlauting iato the southern windows through the parted that ters. There was a small audience ia the sanctuary. Several brothers and sisters bad rxade brief addresses, and Mrs. Rising had Jost resumed her seat, after speaking earnestly and with marked eloquence on the nearness of the eplritual world. Mr. Anson Gardner, a member of the Central Baptist Church across the river, stood np in his place in the audience, between the pulpit platform and a window, and prayed. The prayer, which was long and fervent, had hardly been concluded before Rev. Mr. Dickinson, who had teen standing at the pulpit his eyes half closed, informed the congregation that during the prayer he plainly taw in the clear light, at the right of Mr. Gardner, the gray figure and features of a brother of tbe latter. Mr. U. S. Gardner. a zealous Methodist, who died suddenly a year ago or more. Mr. Dickinson snowed considerable nervousness while making the announcement, and the audience was deeply moved. The preacher is ycun.e, or a tau, slight figure, and with fine silky, curling aubarn hair, ills white akin and delicate featuies indicate a slender constitution, aad his nianneis extremely sensitive nerves The West Side BaDtist Society is Fnritani eallv orthodox, and the pastor is as orthodox as his congregation. They regard spirltualiera as an agent of the devil, though they are ot loss to explain the apparition that appeared to Mr. Dickinson. The Splrita&llsta of tbe town are delighted, and aver that the young clergyman Is a finely developed see irg medium.

CiOTTY PROBLEMS

OCX readers ars lnvitd 10 lornUh orixlnal e&li mas, charades, riddles, rebnsi and ot&er "knotty problems," addressing all communications relative to this department to w. R. rrr-sdboum, Icwiitcn, Kairos, No. 1125. A Double-Word Enigma. In "pleasant ki?ht;' In "cbaicpion' fight; )n diamonrth" bright; In 'vom.aV right. Did yru ever go in a to'at And ice the woudem it contained ? See therein a wht-el ot fortune, (Ia a minute Ure aum are gained!) 6te the great performing monkey Wal a fine aDd siippcry wire; See the won1-rful c jiij jrer iLuUcg cotton bulla ou fire? No. ll-JG Fts lilnuder. Pat lived a mile or more from Duasmere town: and walling cowu the street one morn A brilliant thought his ready train flished through, Aa Bridget in?t him Bridget Lorn. Down to tbe stile he drew her trembling lorn, In Llissful ecstasy snd joy: And claped iu cloe embrace an hour they sat Ere aught he knew to biUs alioy. Then up starts Tat In dread and sore affright, A 6tflrilert Rlaace around bestows. With blaDk amaze depicted ou his lace A lcok that soou to horror grows, Eis cifcsp is loosed from Bridget's buxoai form, As quick he springs upo a his feet: A moiiitnt only on nis waicU he loot', 7 hen headlong dashes down tne ttreit. The story is SDmethinz like this, we're told; r riend Pat that iaieicl morn had heard A wie and winy n of se or bmd; And thought of practica had occurred To fee, es hridge; g smiling fuce he met Upen tee lonely Uunsraere lane. Now wtist rny be trie cause ol ail Ta'.'s woe, c ihll on tibgut to explain. lCLE CLirPE. "o. 1127 A. Charade. An advertisement Vie but my all. Though other thirds May blow their trumpets louder. Ufo not the Colons, cor the tsiack, Nor yet tbe round Ounpowaer. Tbe Oolong is s wretched thine; The BlacK will mate you blue; The Gunpowder will blow you up Why wuai else to a id it dot Oh. use my all, and nothing else, My daughter and my two. What though the prWis may be quite first. It matters no; to you F.OI'.IK. No. 112S. Anagrams. 1. In the expression "a at i:a.n" rind pale red linen II you can. 2. The ccoling medicines I nance A Ld tivk kakk th.lkV are the same. Z, The act of wind ng in a ball May be a Vmuiion lai:(;e," not small. 4. "Pofti- art sosi." ung cr spoken, Is coming Kioru thau to betoüeu. 5. A Cgare in a p'H-pet show 1, a "Maine kttki:,' as you kao-.v. 6. "I M'LLTAME I: AT;" 'ththUS I hide A figure havlt inauy a side. Nelsonian. No. 1 1 "9. X louble Acrostic. I. A phoKly viitant thou art, Ul bird aad beast a coai pound part. n. Nflplts poor, who live by elas alii touiistb vie wita iicniu,? palms. I.I. flee f-yllxtle, Inclusive, tcrs. Defines the boundlets universe. IV. Kor roen, or pnrpnfe or rtcsisn. A substitution here asigu. V. A title, cocnotaen or appellation. Your credit, cuaracter or reputation. VI. A look that feeling's touch bath wrought, The language oi unspoken thought. INITIALS AND FINALS. Eow to a man and Republican, A hero ou life's stage. Tip your hat to a Democrat, A (statesman and a sage. F. T. No. 1130. A Familiar Injunction. My first when formed with proper grace Becomes an outline of the human face; In shoe a part jou'll CDd, and tei, )n making all the ren of me. Now place me in position, snd My whole becomes a stern command v Mi-h nftcn nm.toii mv be found Where feais of fire or love of cleanliness abound. KSArtER Tandy, Jr. No. 1131 A Faltndroine. Backward and forward alike, I say "Boast of no raiment 01 tine arrav." J. K, P. Baker, The March Iteward, The sender of the best lot of answers to the "knotty problem." of March will receiye Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield." nicely bound in clotb. Tbe solution of each week Bbould be forwarded within six days after tee date of the Sentinel containing the puz z!ee answered. Answers. 1111. Green-wood. 1112. Sensationalism. 1113.-

8 0 1' L A M E L SAMPLES PoMTOLEbN PELLETS L E E T S SOS

1114. "Wash. . . 1115. Hamilton; O tway; L cngfellow: E assey: E nglish; 8 helley. 111G.-A COßin. 1117. Tea, ate, VARIETIES Oglethorpe.Ga., claims to be the only ideal town in "-he United States, for the simple reason that not a sslitary young man in it chews tobacco. The ideal juryman has been discovered In Albany. New York. They have found a maa there who keeps a store but sever advertises nor reads a news paper. . An "athletic club" of yonni? women has been formed in a western city. Are they training to wieid the broomstick, or to split kindling and build tires r The Government is to build a soldiers home In California. Congress has recently appropriated f 2C0.C00 for the buildings, and the mate is to buy me iana. Prohibition is evidently much desired by the business men of Atlanta, Oa,, slxtr-seven firms there having declared their intention of closing on election day and working for it. Texas has just laid the corner stone of its new state bouse, which wnen completed will betbelargfst8tate capitol in tne United States, second only in size to the national capitol. A country girl In Pennsylvania Is Just now the objfct of envy by city belles because of a jaunty-looking hat made entirely of oatstraw and corn shucks that grew on her fathei'j

'am. Itististily trimmed with chicken festhers dved in pekeberry juice and Dice writitg fluid. The f exton cf a New York chnrch died tuddf Lly in Li pew on Saiidsv. More of theoa would die if cornr eLed to breathe regularly tie air they toppty to worbhippers iu the church. A singularity about fcyrnnology is that rusty exiellent hymns were written by parents who wer not relig'oui at all, or whow claims to re.igion rested ou very slight loan-

datiors. A Chinese readieg'room, to be known as the Chinese-American union, has been cpredatPlii!8de!ph'K. Its library is mostly airenp ot U;Me, le.-taoitnts and hymn teds in both languages. The Snpieme Court of Ohio baa decided that a subscriber can not twear over his te et tcLe wire vh:n the compauy objects, Tae girls at the central ( llice will no doubt kep 1 rtrcrd of the telephone numbers thatsweir at them hreafier. A New York policeman who went down to Giateliuala to organizs the police force there i now tte most powerful man in th Republic, next 'o Pie'dnt Iitrrioj, aad ets a salary ot $ 5.000 a year, an . immense sum in tuatetiLi!a. Althocgh Dakota is Buprxssd to be a land rf blizzards and hyperoorean coolness, a Deadwood rarer declared that "all of last week farmers throughout the valley were busily eEgegerj p'ocghir? ard preparing to tow their sprins crous cf grain." Tl ;:t an autCEiaph copv of the emsnciDiucu pruciaufiiu'i in ouicng toe i:istric ptI ers of ib British Jduseum ia not cenerI!y egwe. It was prepare J at the j'i.-. of ibe British Gorernri'ent under the personal supervision cf President LiLCJin. A recently discovered tin mine In Calhoun County, W. Va., Is valued at $1.0 X) 00:J. A year aeo tte lacd under which it Jiea could have been purchased at less than rifty cents an acre. The output is comparatively small. but the quality 19 1 aid to b9 excellent, and the quantity far above the ayeiaje. a namber of soao trees growing ' i. having a yellowish, sapy apic.e .vt.witn a earn Diacx seea, mm wnicn the trets are propagated. People iu Tallahassee boil the fruit to make soap, but in Chins, Japan, and other countries th berries are used as a substitute for soap just as they are taken Irom the tiees. Cincinnati has established a labor yad, where any man can have a ten-cent meal after sawirjg and 6plittirg wood for an hour The tickets are sold to charitable people all over the city at fifteen for $1, and applicants for bread sre given a pasteboard insteai. Over 1,700 werth of tickets have ben sold in a j ear, snd the scheme works well. Mr. H. C. Kohler, a Dakota farmer whose father and uncle were the pioneer beet sogar 11 anufacmrt-rs cf Hanover, Germany, de clares that the conditions of (oil and cünnte in Dako't are very similar t3 those ot his old hor..e across th water, and he beiieves the manufacture of bset su?sr will prove one cf tfce beat pajing industries of the N rthwest, because the per cent, cf tuzar is so very lerge in the roots rained there. THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. What t New Vork Fapers tsay, and What Is Said by the London Dallies. 1stew Yokk. Harch Ö. The San E3js : Mr. Clevelhnd's ir.a'itniral atMres ii very propei ly out ilea to tttlii lor m, la a broid itid I hilosophic wit. tte tjeueral principle by which 1 e proposes to be nuMd. and tbote who lave beea exptctin? from him rainuta and TJtclfic cleclariiions udoii questions ol public jolicy will be dlfppoiuied. it is very well written. There is Roicinsveiy original cr brilliiat about it, but tbe pas-ase relatiair to in e;onosiical government nod a plaiu mode ot livla will te elcoried with tatisiaciioa by a great proportion of the people, and trc is no doubt tat the v-fcole document epress plainly and sincerely '.lie ideas and paip9tea 01 it. author. The Times says: Mr. Cleveland's iaauzaral address is dignified, simple and forcible. It has iu it tbe tone of fclucerny and di cretenees that fca come to be recorded as characteristic of the man. It is clear that he enters on the duties of his oflice wlta a eeiite of responsibility to the whole conn try, and the whole country will receive wita hearty and prateful assent his deprecation of partisan tpirit. We believe also t&at it will respond cordially to his appeal to remember that his trutt is stared by every patriotic citizen, and tbiit every citizen owe to tbe country a vigilant watch atd close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity acd usefulness. There is no mistaking fie tone in which he speaks of reform iu the adrainiitrntion of the Government, aud the application of bufirleM principles tn public aßairs, and in which he announces that Civil service relorm should be in good liitn enforced. Tne double obligation to the people, aad to all wbo worthily seeit pahlic employment, tuat merit and competency snail fce recognized instead of rutty subserviency or the surrender of honest political belief, &hows the President's characteristic spirit of fairness and his profound sense of duty. It is a long time since tne partr. whiL-a was largely represented in the vast crowds at VahiotoH, has been called on to listen ta so much sound doctrine so clearly declare!, and evidently backed by 60 resolute aud practical a will. It Terrains 10 be seen how that prty will receive U e application rf the doctrine, wlileh is sure to follow. It should be added that the President's declaration regarding the freernaa is national, just and honorable. The Herald says: rresi2ent Cleveland's address Is a document that every citizen should ponder for himieli. Many good b.ts of common sense aud soand political philosophy are scattered through it; and. as the Democrats are now to try their hauds at the wheel in uiving practical effect to these views, bacauhe tbe people wanted it, would it not be well lor toe Kepublicans to htei to President's appeal and sacnlice their spleen to prtriotlc thoiiiht, that whatever party is best for tiecouutry is hi ltsst best for us al), and that it is at least for an experimtnul change. FOREIGX TArERS. Lospox, March 5. The Diilv News say: President Cleveland will have the hearty ympathy of England. It is our desire tbero should be perpetual peace, growinr, friendship and increasing comjnerce. Fverythin brinins uf nearer together in interest and feeling is a gain to toth, and to peace and freedom. throa?iout the world. President Cleveland's inaagural address was lull of promises aud worthy of his great reputation. The Times says: The insuifural address Is conceived In a worthy spirit, but throws no light 011 the main jueeiious awaiting solution. The Standard says: Cleveland's address is manly and sensible, but fitrf rcelv EOD-commlt'ai. Vie Caoinet, we thick, he composed of able men, whose names will c jmmina ret-ptci. The Teleeraph says: The inanenraticn procession at Washington today aufcurcd well for the success of the Demoe.at'C regime America hO'ds such aa Important plaoe in the union 01 nations it is niraiy exaggeration to say that when he Is prosperous and hap?y tt?e ret of the world sympathizes and is biuetited thereby. There has been a movement for some tiraa among the Hebrews in this country for the establishment of a Sunday service. Aout 2f 0 people met in Standard Hall. New York, recently, to conquer tne suoject. Kev. UavidBtern, of Wilkesrarre, fa., made a mcst earnest address in behalf of such a service. Nothing Made in Vain. We are told that nothing was made in vain; but what can be said of the fashionable girl of the period? Isn't she maiden vain? Hood's Sarsaparilla is made in Lowell, Mass.. where there are more bottles of it sold than of any other sarsaparilla or blood pnnHer. And it 13 never taken In vain. It purifies the blood, strengthens the system, and gives new lite and vigor to the entue body, luu doses ?i. In Philadelphia tbe police are compelled to attend medical lectures, that they may be able to assist and relieve sufferers In cases of accident without waiting for the tardy am val of physicians. New Light on Rheumatism "I had been campletely disabled from rheumatism. I used far iter s Tonic for kid rjey disease, when, to my astonishment, the rheumatism completely disappeared." So writes Mrs. Henry Bagert, of No. 454 Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn. N. Y. Rheumatism arises from the failure of the kidneys to sep arate the uric acid from the blood.

!E?. Rr, . Radway'g

Relief ! : Tbe Cheapest and liest Medicine FOB fMlL! USE IS THE TOLD , CURES AN D PRE YEN I S 1 ' Ccughs, Cc!ds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness, infiampaiion, Rheumatism, KauraJgizu - Headache, Tcothacba, Diphtheria, Influenza, DifUcult Breathinsr it was the first and is the cn!y That Inftantly steps the iuct excruc scir pu. allays IrKruisiRtlon acd cur' rrv.e'iicii, wneiher of tte Luna, tonisch, bow.i st o ihj guilds or ortsns, r.yone app.lcauon. In From One to Twenty Jlinutts. Po matter how v:olent or excrnr.MT.g be pln the hxier.rcatic Bed-rWden. lnflm. Crlrrledl Kervout, Kecraiclccrpiottiatdd w':1 dlse&te raav iu2cr. BAD WAY'S EEADY EELIEF" WILL AFFORD E?3TANT EaSJ. Ixflanrcatlon of the Kidney, lataciiattlsa n the b!aMer, Infianmatien ol the Bowris, Conges tlon of the Lungs, Palpitation of tie Heart, liyv terlca. Croup, ltfphtheria. Catarrh, Icfinet, llervousne, Sleepleaenesa, Rheumaiina, Eciattca, ha!28 In the Chest, rack or Lints. Eruls fcprains, Cold Chilla and Agne Chili. The application of the BEAU v RKtlEF t the part or prt wrtre tne diClcalty or pals exIt ts w ill aiord ea&c and comioru Thirty to sixty drops la ha!! a tunblcr ciwatn will In a few m'nutes enre Cramp, rrn, Soar -Stomach, Heartburn, tick KeaJaohe, U'.arrhea, Dysentery, Colic, Wind In the Bcwe-i, and all in ternal pairs. Traveler? should always carry a to-.tle of Kad. wf' F.cudy Kellet with then. A t;w drop l wa'e will prevent sldasess or plr f rem chansu -of water. It is hettsr tii2 flresca fraud y or ht ters ss a stimulant. f ALARI v k r In Its Yarious Forms, FEVER aud A fi (JE. riVIK and AGU25 cxrsd lor K ccut. T Here U not a remedial ascrt in tia -acrid tm: ;i csrf Fever t::d Ague asdBilcihe Kaiariocs, ti.lrrj, Soriet, end other .fever aloed by SADAT'l FILLS) so QUlckiy as BAIiWAI'S HEADY KELIKP. Fifty Crnti Pev Bottle. Bold oy ail l)rnf. plati. DR. RADWAY'3 Sarsaparilliaa Besolvcnt. Pcre blood raakei ound fieso, ctrocg tone ant -a clear skin. Ii you would have your Sesa firm. your bones round, without carles, and your ceorlexion fair, use EADWAY'B SAESAf AKILLIAJT" EVOLVENT the Great Blood Purifier. KALSB AND TRUE. tve extract from Dr. Kadway "TTeatlEe cn Di eat-eard Iu Cure." aa foUowil LlftoldUeattf cured by DR. KAD WAX'S eaesapaeilIiIah sesolvshs Chronic tain diseases, carliof : r one, hunori Of the blood, scrofulous diseases, yv. 'utic complaints, fever seres, chronic or oid wen,iaij rheura, rickets, white swelling, scald head, cankers, glandular ew eilings, nodes, wasting acd decay oi the body, pimple and blotcaes tumor, dyepcpsla, kidney and bladaer dwes, chronic iheumatai uu (vas coueumütloa, gravel andcalculous depot-its, and varieuea of the ahot complaints, to which 6orceiirr.es are given ipeo ions names, in cases were the synea has teen salivated, and lnurcury has accumulated and becorre deposited in the bones, joints, etc.. cacsmj carles ol the bones, rickets, spinal curvatures, contortious, white Welling, varlote Teint, etc., the EsrfcaparilUa will reeoive away those deposia an J exterminate the virus ol Cie Crease trrra th lystra. A GREAT COmiTüTIOML ELIEDI Skin diseases, tumors, nicers and rcrea oi a3 kinds, particularly chronic diseases cf the skia are cored with preat certainty by a cenree cf Dst BADWAY'S 6ARSAPARILUAN. We raenn orstV natfi Ctsei that have retisted all other treatment SCROFULA TTfetfier transmitted ton pareata or acquired, t within the curative ranee of the SAKSArARILLIAS RESOLVENT. It possesses the same wonderful rower m curtna the worst forme ol strumous and eruptive Ci charges, syphiloid ulcere, sores ot the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, throat, tlands, exterraiuating thj virus of thee chronic forms of dlse- frora x: 1 blood, bones, join w, and in every part of man body where there exista disposed -rxx.it-. ulcerations, tnmors, hard lump or scrofrirn" a .c aammation. this treat and powerful ren .vljvv.l exterminate rapidly and permanently. One bottle contains more of the actlre prnci plea cf medicine than any other iip.-Uon. Taken In teaspo-ntul doses, while others VtJ live er ttrnea as much. ONI DÜLLA ä ßOTTUL. Bold by druszlsta. PR. RADWAV3 RE6ULATIfJG FiLLS TÜ8 ereat Liver asd Stonat $ Kerned. Perfectly . tasteless, elepaatty coated j pnrfa, recolate. pcrUy, cleanse aad treuEtUen J&waVi- "ils. r ,o1 orders ol the Btomach, Liver, Bowels, Kidney, Bladder, Uervoui Diseases, Loss of Appetite, Headache, Constipation, Co6tlvenea, Indicestlon. Dyspepsia, Biliousness, Tever, lnaammjtloa of the Bowels, Piles, and all öerantjementa of the laternal viscera. Purely vegetate, conuinlsa cf mercury, minerals, or deleterious Ciz&u Price 25 Cents Per Box. Bold ty all flrugzlta. DYSPEPSIA Kadways FarsaparUllan, aided bv Badwayl Pills, it s cure lor tnla complaint It rcitcrel strength to the stomach, aud makes It perform it functions. The yraptom of Cyapei! d!sppei, and With them the liability of the system to coatract diseases. Take the medicine acccLTf tl the directions, and observe what we say Li "IsliJ and True" respecting Heb ''Road Falso and Truo." Bend a letter itamp to badwat a CO., Fe. n rarren street, flew York. InlcmxUca TCtU taooaanaa will be sent to yon. TO THE PÜDUO. fisrBi sure and aik for Kadway'a, acd sat til! tka nasu üJtaavsr: la aa wbat jn aiu

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